It's unique, but not a new design, and will allow the aircraft to serve both Category E and Category F airports.

Not exactly the kind of scenario we'd imagine being ideal for modern aircraft. But in flight wing folding can have advantages and NASA wants to make it happen. The idea here isn't to create ...

Airbus is well ahead of beleaguered Boeing in developing a 21st-century narrow-bodied aircraft; the US planemaker’s workhorse 737 is nearing its 60th birthday. Yet Europe’s folding wing of ...

Pop-up spoilers, to be found on the folding wingtips and possibly elsewhere ... The Citation VII will be transformed into an uncrewed aircraft and the wing flight-tested remotely.

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PteroDynamics said its aircraft, called Transwing, folds and unfolds its wings during flight to achieve different wing configurations, resulting in a smaller ground footprint and more effective ...

Imagine a new Airbus single-aisle aircraft with wings designed with advanced aerodynamics and biomimicry in mind to generate significantly more lift, reducing fuel consumption and increasing ...

The company claims that the foldable wings would give the aircraft ... Boeing is also developing folding wingtips on the 777X wide-body aircraft for airport gate compatibility purposes.

Such an aircraft, for which Airbus has set a loose ... with a third in the works, for testing of folding wings. The manufacturer envisions a wing that would fold in upon landing for taxing and ...